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junkyard-dog

junkyard-dog is the alternative form of junkyard dog.

Meaning of junkyard dog

Noun

junkyard dog (plural junkyard dogs)

  1. (literally) An aggressive dog which guards a scrapyard or junkyard.
    • I saw nine dogs running en pack on South Washington Avenue ... They were making for a junkyard that appeared to be their headquarters ... And those junkyard dogs do make nights hideous for the neighbors1936 July 23, “Dan D. Lyon”, in Scranton Republican, page 4
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor.
    • Badder than old King Kong / And meaner than a junkyard dog1973 Jim Croce, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", from the album Life and Times (song lyrics)
  3. A hot dog laden with toppings, such as onions, pineapple, or chili.

Forms of junkyard-dog

pluraljunkyard-dogs

Questions about junkyard-dog

What is junkyard-dog the alternative form of?
Junkyard-dog is the alternative form of junkyard dog.

Words near junkyard-dog in the dictionary

  1. junkware
  2. junky
  3. junkyard
  4. junkyard dog
  5. junkyard dogs
  6. junkyard-dog
  7. junkyard-dogs
  8. junkyards
  9. junkyism
  10. Junnan
  11. Juno

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